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(No Model.) IKAN SPOOL 0R BOBBIN. No, 287,426. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OAMIL ELIKAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPOOL OR BOBBIN.

(I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,426, dated October 30, 1883.

Application filed November 5, 1881. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, CAMIL ELIKAN, of the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have made and invented an Improved Spool or Bobbin, of which the following is a specification.

The invention will be understood as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through one-end of the spool body, head, and fastening device. Figs. 2, 3, and 4c show some of the parts in detail. Fig. 5 is a detail of the nut, showing it in two positions. Fig. 6 is a detail of the fastening-piece and spindle, the fastening-piece being in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

, WV is the spool-body, brokenoff at one end. It is provided with a central bore, w, extending into it from the finished end. Near the bottom of this bore a transverse opening, V is made, extending from side to side of the spool-body. 'At the front'of the finished end the bore w is enlarged and provided with divergent slots, as shown at W. The, head Y is provided with a central opening, 1/ corresponding to the opening W in the body of the spool, and has a countersink or depression, 10.

A metal fastening-piece is formed with a plate, A, and shank A. The plate A is provided with a depression, y, and the shank A has wings or ribs 0 formed around it. This fastening-piece fits into the head and end of the body of the spool through the openings y W. A central aperture, b, is formed through the fastening-piece for the reception of the spindle B. This spindle B is passed through the aperture 1) andbore w, and has a collar, d, which fits into the depression y when the parts are in place. The spindle B is screwthreaded at its inner end. The plateAof the fastening-piece lies in the depression w when the parts are in place.

A nut, E, inserted in the opening W, has a screw-threaded socket, E, which receives screw-threaded end of the spindle B. The I nut E is provided with barbs e e and strengthening-ribs f f,which are turnedtowardthe end of the spool-body, and the barbs take into the wood as the spindle is screwed in.

When the spool is completed, the parts are in the following position: The head Y is set upon the finished end of the spool-body, the openings y and W corresponding. The fastening-piece has its shank A, having thereon wings or ribs 0, inserted through these openings y W, and its plate A lying in the depression w. The spindle B, with its collar 01 in the depression y, is inserted through the aperture 1) and bore w and screwed into the nut E, which lies in the opening W This is shown in section in Fig. l. \Vhen the spindle is screwed down tight-,the parts are securely held in place,-and the spindle B extends beyond the plate A. This plate A being slightly curved, as shown, the collar d of the spindle is held out to form a bearing for the part in which the exposed portion of the spindle works.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1s- 1. The combination,with the spool head and body, of the fastening-piece A A, provided with the wings or ribs 0, inserted through-correspon gin gly-forrned openings in said head and body, and of the fastening-spindle B and nut E, whereby the parts are bound together, as set forth.

2. The combi11ation,with the fastening-piece and spool body and head, of the spindle B, screw-threaded at its lower end, and nut E, provided with the barbs e,t-aking into the wood of the body of the spool when the nut is screwed up, as set forth. p

3. The combination, with the spool-body provided with the bore 20, having divergent slots, as shown,'and the transverse opening W and the head provided with an opening, y, having divergent slots, and the countersink w, of the fastening-piece provided with the plate A, having the ribbed shank A, the depression '1, and the aperture 1), the spindle B, having .its inner end screw-threaded, and provided with the collar d, and the nut E, having the screwthreaded socket E and barbs e e, as and for the purpose set forth.

Vitnessmy hand and seal.

OAMIL ELIKAN. [L. s.]

WVitnesses:

EDWARD L. OSBORN, GEO. VINCENT. 

